As reported by The Mirror, take a look at the shows that you won’t want to miss in 2019 below.

Line of Duty season 5 on BBC1

Line of Duty is back in 2019 (Image: BBC)

Jed Mercurio’s gripping thriller about police anti-corruption unit AC-12 left us hanging as we discovered that the network of bent coppers was bigger than the team could ever have imagined.

In a trailer, Supt Ted Hastings, played by Adrian Dunbar, yells: “AC-12 is being met with an institutional cover-up.” Also starring are guest lead Stephen Graham, as well as regulars Vicky McClure and Martin Compston, who has teased the script is “immense”.

When? Rumoured to be back in April.

Highlight? More hilarious one-liners from Ted, such as “Can we dial down the Iain Paisley?”.

Poldark season 5 on BBC1

So Poldark fans, it's time to grab your tricorne hat because this is it. Filming is nearly wrapped up in Cornwall and season 5 is almost upon us.

As Cornwall's favourite period drama returns for its final series, how will Elizabeth’s death affect Ross?

And will evil George blame him? Aidan Turner and co-star Eleanor Tomlinson, who plays his fiery love interest Demelza, have been spotted filming in Cornwall. Could there still be hope for the warring couple?

When? Rumoured to be back in June.

Highlight? Seeing Aidan Turner stripping off again, hopefully.

The Handmaid’s Tale season 3 on C4

The Handmaid's Tale returns for a third series (Image: HULU)

In the season 2 finale, the Martha network helped June, played by the captivating Elisabeth Moss, to escape Gilead with her baby Nicole.

But some fans were livid when June sacrificed her freedom at the last moment to stay and save daughter Hannah.

Defiant, she pulled up her hood and disappeared into the darkness.

Now what? Showrunner Bruce Miller has confirmed Aunt Lydia will be back, having survived her knife attack.

And we’ll learn more about Gilead designer Commander Lawrence, played by Bradley Whitford. But can June save Hannah? Praise be.

When? Rumoured to be back in May.

Highlight? More fighting talk from June. As she would say: “See you next year, bitches.”

Other cast members include Jason Watkins as Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Erin Doherty as Princess Anne. With the third and fourth series to span 1964 to 76, history tells us that we can expect to see the birth of Prince Edward and Prince Charles’s move into the public eye, as well as a glimpse of Camilla.

When? Rumoured to be autumn.

Highlight? The casts’s royally impressive transformations of the talented cast.

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The Missing on BBC1

Baptiste is back (Image: BBC)

The last time we saw French detective Julien Baptiste – played by Tchéky Karyo – he was going under the knife to have a brain tumour removed in the dramatic final minutes of the second series of The Missing.

We didn’t know if he’d survive but clearly all must be well.

Two years on, this spin-off from The Missing creators Harry and Jack Williams follows the investigator as he is pulled into another case.

While in Amsterdam, the city’s chief of police asks Baptiste to help track down a missing person. Watch out for fellow cast members Jessica Raine and Tom Hollander.

When? February.

Highlight? With Baptiste being the new Columbo, we look forward to the unassuming detective doggedly winning the day.

The Widow on ITV

The Widow (Image: ITV)

This promises to be another belter from the Williams brothers, writers of The Missing and Liar.

Kate Beckinsale plays Georgia Wells, a woman who has her life turned upside-down with a phone-call in the middle of the night.

Her husband of ten years is reported dead after a plane crash in the Congolese jungle. Three years later she hears something shocking and heads to Africa to find the truth.

Also stars Alex Kingston and Charles Dance.

When? March.

Highlight? Analysing conspiracy theories for eight weeks. Which turn out to be wrong.

Stranger Things season 3 on Netflix

Stranger Things returns once more (Image: Netfllix)

This new series of the sci-fi horror will be set in 1985, less than a year after the events of season two.

Show boss Shawn Levy says the gang will “deal with forces of evil that are new”.

We last saw the Mind Flayer towering over the school, so it’s clearly coming for the kids.

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Homeland season 8 on C4

Claire Danes is the star of Homeland (Image: Channel 4)

The last time we saw superspy Carrie Mathison, played by Claire Danes, she was not in a good way. Having been captured by Russians with her bipolar medication withheld.

Elsewhere, Elizabeth Keane decided to resign as President, since most of America didn’t trust her.

Latest intel reports that the season will play out overseas for one last chapter with hints that it could go back to where it all began, in Israel.

When? Rumoured June.

Highlight? Watching Carrie dicing with death while juggling childcare worries.